08 Oct 2018
Pioneer Cancer Therapy Earns 2018 Nobel Medicine Prize
The Nobel jury announced on Monday that immunologists Tasuku Honjo of Japan and James Allison of the U.S. received this year’s Nobel Medicine Prize for their groundbreaking research in cancer treatment. The assembly said the duo were honored “for their discovery of cancer therapy by inhibition of negative immune regulation.”
The two looked into how humans can “turn on” the body’s natural defenses to attack tumors, transforming the way healthcare providers understand and manage the disease. The two Medicine Laureates will share a prize of 9 million Swedish kronor, which equates to around 1.01 million U.S. dollars.
